Improvement in valves for barrels, kegs



J. BYRNE. Valves for Barrels, Kegs, Bw.

No. 210,668. .Patented Der@ 10,1878,

hay W UNITED STATES PATENT @EETGE JOSEPH BYRNE, O F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, y

JAMES MCGRATH, AND DANIEL MADDEN, OF SAME PLAGE.

l M PROVEM ENT IN VALVES FOR BARRVELS, KEGS, &C.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 210,668, dated December 10, 1578 g application filed September 7, 1878.

To alt whom it may concern:

y Be it known that. I, Josnrn BYRNE, of Boston, in the State ot' Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Valves for Barrels, Kegs, and similar vessels, ot' which the following is a specitication:V

My invention relates to the use ot' a temporary discharge-pipe or faucet in connection with a valve-plug permanently screwed into a cistern, barrel, keg, or si inilar vessel; and consists in combining with such pipe or faucet and valve-plug a key operating in such manner that the pipe or faucet can be removed from thc valve-plug only the latter is closed.

The invention consists, also, in an improved forni of valve-plug, and it consists, further, in a contrivance whereby the discharge-pipe or faucet, when inserted in the valve-plug, may be connected with the pump or the pump-pipe without twisting the latter.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of the valve-plug, key, and discharge-pipe combined in working order. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section ofthe saine. Figs. 3 and 4 are sections above and below on line as :c of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the plug with the valve apparatus removed, but showing certain pins o o c in cross-section.

A is a tubular valve-plug having a lange, B. It has on its exterior surface two screwthreads,b c, by the former of which it is screwed into and permanently held in the barrel or other vessel. A slot, d, serves as a valve-port. A is a ilter, secured to the plug by the screw thread c.

The ange B is hollowed, as shown, and within the cup thus formed has a groove, e, and slots f ff, for purposes hereinafter described. The slots j' have large openings or mouths at one end and anges for the remainder of their extent, as shown.

O is a conical valve, turned on its exterior to fit the interior ot' a portion ofthe plug, and working with the valve-port d. It is hollow, and has a slot, y, corresponding to the port d. C is a tube, screwed or otherwise rigidly connected at Ii to the valve C, so as to form an extension ot' said valve, and provided with the iange D, having upon its inner face an annuwhen the valve of.

lar lip or rib, which tits into the groove e, as

project into the slots f and travel therein.V

The flanges D and B are held together, and the valve C is held in its seat by a set-screw, E, a spring-washer, k, determining the resistance which must be overcome to turn the valve.

F is aplug, bearin g somewhat closely against a shoulder, Z, within the tube C', its otiice being to prevent the accumulation ot' dirt in the valve-plug when the discharge-pipe is not in serted therein. It is kept against the shoulder by a spring, fm, coiled around a triangular shaft, as shown. The sides ot' the triangular sha-ft are scooped to permit the free passage of the contents of the vessel.

From the shoulder I. outward the tube O has a female screw-thread to receive the corresponding male thread on the end ot' the delivery-pipe or faucet Gr, when the latter is insertcd in the valveplug. The delivery-pipe is screwed into the valve-plug far enough to overcome the resistance ot' the spring in and to open communication between its interior and the interior of the tube O by means of perforations n in the end of the delivery-pipe.

The key properl consists of a dan ged tube, H, with three prongs or pins, o, one end of each ot' which is notched, while the other end is rigidly inserted in the flange, as shown. This ange and a portion of the tube are placed wit-hin a box or ring, J, having holes p for the passage of the pins o, as shown. The box or ring J has also fingers q, by which it, and with itthe key proper, may be turned to the right or left. The box is merely a handle for the key, and the two are secured to the discharge-mpc by a collar, w. The coni pression ofthe spiral sprin g i' allows a slight play to the key and box. The box J has a cover, J', as shown.

The inode of operation of the invention thus far described is as follows: The delivery-pipe, with its key attached, is screwed into the valveplug (which has beenperlnanently screwed into the barrel or other vessel) as far as the collar w will permit, and the key turned by the ngers g until the pins o enter the holes j. If the valve-plug and delivery-pipe have previously been used together in a proper manner, the holes j will now be over the mouths of the slots f, and the pins o will be driven into the said mouths by the spring r; and if the holes j and slots f have not the required relative positions, they may be obtained by a further turning of the key. When the pins o are driven into the mouths of the slots f, as just described, the valve-port d is closed. To open the valveport the key is turned to the left until thestoppins c strike against the farther ends of the slots f. The pins o being locked by their notches behind the ilan ges of the slotsj will now prevent the unscrewing of the deliverypipe from thevalve-plug until the valve-port d is again closed by turning the key to the eX- treme right, when the pins o may be drawn from the mouths of the slots j' and free from Jthe valve-plug, and the delivery-pipe may be unscrewed. When the key and delivery-pipe have been withdrawn the valve-plugis not only closed, but it maybe said to be locked, for the valve C is held by the spring-washer 7tin a position to keep the valve-port d closed, and the slots f, with their flan ges, form, as it were, the Wards of a lock ,which cannot readily be opened, excepting by its own key.

It remains to describe the pump-connection. M is a slotted casin g, screwing at one end upon the end of the faucet or delivery-pipe, and at the other end having a thumb-screw, L. The pipe leading to the pump is marked K, and is bent, as'shown. The short arm is inserted in the delivery-pipe and the thumb-screw turned until it is there rmly held. This avoids any twisting of the pump-pipe.

The extreme end of the short arm of the pipe K consists of a short tube, a', screwed into the main part of the short arm, as shown. This tube has a shoulder, b', as shown, and a washer, s, placed between the shoulder and the main part of the short arm prevents any leaking at the connection between the delivery-pipe and pump-pipe, and the washer, from being placed on the screw-thread above the shoulder, cannot be removed by accident or otherwise, whether the pump-pipe be connected or disconnected with the valve apparatus, and this holds, whether the pipe have an elbow or not.

I claim- 1. rlhe plug-valve consisting of avalve seat or shell, A, and a valve, C C ,ian ged, as shown, in combination with the delivery-pipe G and a key, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

2. The flanged valve-seat A and slots f, thelanged valve C C' and holes j, and screw E, arranged and operating together substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

3. The delivery-pipe G, casing M, screw L, and bent pump-pipe K, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

4. The Washer s, in combination with the tube c', shoulder b', and a pump-pipe or other pipe, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

JOSEPH BYRNE. 

